Cheese-cutter.



No. 644,775. atented Mar. 6, 1900..

P B. B. NAGLEY & l. ASBERY.

CHEESE CUTTER.

(Application filed Dec 31, 1898.)

U r-rnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BURTON BUTLER NAGLEY AND ISAAC ASBERY, OF MARYSVILLE, WASHINGTON.

CHEESE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,775, dated March 6, 1900.

Application filed December 31,1898. Serial No. 700,834. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BURTON BUTLER NAG- LEY and ISAAC ASBERY, citizens of the United States, residing at Marysville, in the county of Snohomish and State of lVashington, have invented a new and useful Cheese-Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

The inventionrelates to improvements in cheese-cutters The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of cheese-cutters and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to be readily mounted upon a counter or other suitable support and capable of being readily adjusted to accommodate itself to the same.

The invention consistsin the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cheese-cutter constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the same appliedto a counter. Fig. 3 isa detail sectional view illustrating the manner of mounting the operating-lever and the grooved wheel.

Like numerals of reference designate correspondingparts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates a hollow post or standard extending through a counter 2 and projecting from the upper face thereof, being secured to the same by a plate or collar 3, having a flange 4, which is screwed or otherwise secured to the said counter. The hollow post or standard is vertically adjustable, and it is secured at the desired adjustmentby means of a setscrew 5, mounted on the collar and engaging the standard or post. \Vithin the hollow standard or post is arranged a reciprocating rod or plunger 6, carrying a knife '7, extending outward through a vertical slot 8 of the standard or post and adapted to be carried through the cheese to be cut by the device.

The lower end of the reciprocating rod or plunger is connected bya chain 9 orother flexible device with a grooved wheellO, mounted in a bracket 11 and adapted to be partially rotated. to force the knife downward through the cheese, and the said knife is moved upward, after making a cut, by a coiled spring 12, interposed between the lower end of the plunger and the bottom of thepost orstandard. The post or standard is provided at its lower end with a removable threaded cap 13, having a central opening for the passage of the chain and adapted to be removed to alford access to the spring. The upper end of the post or standard is provided with a removable threaded cap 14, adapted to be taken off to permit the knife to be taken out. The knife is detachably secured in a bifurcation of the upper end of the rod or plunger by any suit-able means, so that it may'be readily removed when it is necessary to sharpen it.

The bracket 11, which is substantially L- shaped, has its horizontal arm perforated for the passage of the standard or post, and it is capable of vertical adjustment on the lower portion of the same, being secured in its adjustment by a clamping-screw 15. The depending arm of the bracket is bifurcated to receive the grooved wheel, which is mounted on a shaft or spindle 16, having one end squared for the reception of a handle 17, by means of which the plunger is reciprocated in making a cut. The wheel and the handle or lever are secured to the shaft or spindle. by set-screws or'othersuitable fastening devices, and the said shaft or spindle is adapted to be readily reversed to bring thehandle at either side of the device. In order to increase the strength of the construction, the lever or handle 17 may be secured to the Wheel, at the rim thereof, by bolts or any other suitable fastening devices. r

The invention has the following advantages: The cheese-cutter, which is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, is easily operated, and it is adapted to be readily adjusted to suit the counter or support upon which it is to be mounted. The caps at the ends of the standard or post are removable and afford free access to the plunger which carries the knife and to the spring which reciprocates the same to carry the knife upward, and the said knife is readily removable for sharpening.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit. or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What is claimed is 1. A cheese-cutter comprising a slotted tubular standard, aplunger guided in the standard, a knife extending through the slot of the same and connected with the plunger, removable caps secured to the upper and lower ends of the standard, the lower cap being provided with an opening, a coiled spring arranged within the lower portion of the standard, and interposed between the plunger and the lower cap, means arranged between the ends of the standard for securing the same to a counter, a connection extending through the opening of the lower cap and through the coiled spring and attached to the plunger, and operating mechanism located beneath the counter and attached to the said connection, substantially as described.

2. A cheese-cutter comprising a slotted tubular standard, a plunger guided in the standard, a knife extending through the slot of the same and connected with the plunger, a bracket mounted on the lower portion of the standard and having a depending slotted portion, a shaft journaled on the bracket, a wheel mounted on the shaft and arranged within the slot of the bracket, a handle fixed to the Wheel, a coiled spring located within the lower portion of the standard and bearing against the plunger, and a flexible connection between the Wheel and the lower end of the plunger, substantially as described.

3. A cheese-cutter comprising a vertical tubular standard having a longitudinal slot, a collar adjustably secured to the standard at a point between the ends thereof and adapted to be fastened to a counter, a plunger arranged within the tubular standard, a knife connected with the plunger and extending through the slot of the standard, a cap secured to the upper end of the standard and confining the knife in the slot, an L-shaped bracket adjustably secured to the lower portion of the standard, a coiled spring arranged within the standard and engaging the lower end of the plunger, a cap secured to the lower end of the standard and provided with an opening and forming a seatfor the spring, a wheel mounted on the bracket, and a flexible connection passing through the opening of the lower cap and attached to the plunger and to the periphery of the wheel, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

BURTON BUTLER NAGLEY. ISAAC ASBERY.

Witnesses:

STEVE SAUNDERS, EDWARD STEELE. 

